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French League Game Abandoned after Firework Lands Next to Goalkeeper

Clermont-Ferrand's French goalkeeper #99 Mory Diaw injured by a firecracker lies on the ground during the French L1 football match between Montpellier Herault SC and Clermont foot 63 at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier, southern France on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP)
Clermont-Ferrand's French goalkeeper #99 Mory Diaw injured by a firecracker lies on the ground during the French L1 football match between Montpellier Herault SC and Clermont foot 63 at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier, southern France on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP)
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French League Game Abandoned after Firework Lands Next to Goalkeeper

Clermont-Ferrand's French goalkeeper #99 Mory Diaw injured by a firecracker lies on the ground during the French L1 football match between Montpellier Herault SC and Clermont foot 63 at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier, southern France on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP)
Clermont-Ferrand's French goalkeeper #99 Mory Diaw injured by a firecracker lies on the ground during the French L1 football match between Montpellier Herault SC and Clermont foot 63 at Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier, southern France on October 8, 2023. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP)

A French league game between Montpellier and Clermont was abandoned on Sunday after a firework thrown from the stands landed next to Clermont goalkeeper Mory Diaw, who was then stretchered off.
Montpellier was leading 4-2 when the firework was thrown in the first minute of six minutes of injury time, and Diaw fell to the ground and received treatment before being taken off.
A few minutes later, the players went back to their dressing rooms. The match was then definitively called off without the remaining stoppage time being played.
After Diaw fell, Clermont defender Neto Borges was shown a red card after a video replay showed him making a gesture toward the Montpellier fans.

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Penrith Panthers Beat Melbourne Storm to Win Fourth Consecutive Premiership

Nathan Cleary, left, and Ivan Cleary of the Penrith Panthers pose for a photograph following the National Rugby League grand final between the Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs in Brisbane, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Ivan won a NRL grand final for the first time after two previous defeats as a coach and his son Nathan was named the player-of-the match as the Panthers beat the Rabbitohs 14-12 in the championship match at Brisbane. (Dave Hunt/AAP Image via AP)
Nathan Cleary, left, and Ivan Cleary of the Penrith Panthers pose for a photograph following the National Rugby League grand final between the Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs in Brisbane, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Ivan won a NRL grand final for the first time after two previous defeats as a coach and his son Nathan was named the player-of-the match as the Panthers beat the Rabbitohs 14-12 in the championship match at Brisbane. (Dave Hunt/AAP Image via AP)
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Penrith Panthers Beat Melbourne Storm to Win Fourth Consecutive Premiership

Nathan Cleary, left, and Ivan Cleary of the Penrith Panthers pose for a photograph following the National Rugby League grand final between the Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs in Brisbane, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Ivan won a NRL grand final for the first time after two previous defeats as a coach and his son Nathan was named the player-of-the match as the Panthers beat the Rabbitohs 14-12 in the championship match at Brisbane. (Dave Hunt/AAP Image via AP)
Nathan Cleary, left, and Ivan Cleary of the Penrith Panthers pose for a photograph following the National Rugby League grand final between the Panthers and South Sydney Rabbitohs in Brisbane, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. Ivan won a NRL grand final for the first time after two previous defeats as a coach and his son Nathan was named the player-of-the match as the Panthers beat the Rabbitohs 14-12 in the championship match at Brisbane. (Dave Hunt/AAP Image via AP)

The Penrith Panthers claimed their fourth straight premiership with a 14-6 win over the Melbourne Storm in Australia's National Rugby League grand final on Sunday.

Penrith dominated possession and territory throughout the match but needed a late try to center Paul Alamoti to see off a resilient Melbourne outfit, which had finished the regulation season as the top-ranked team, The AP reported.

The latest triumph makes them just the third team to win four consecutive premierships in the competition's 116-year history, and the first since the St. George Dragons won 11 in a row from 1956 and 1966.

Melbourne scored the first try of the match through hooker Harry Grant, but Penrith responded with two tries — to Sunia Turuva and man-of-the-match Liam Martin — to take a 10-6 lead at half time.

Alamoti's try late in the second period, which came from a kick from star halfback Nathan Cleary, sealed the victory in front of 80,000 fans at Sydney's Olympic stadium.